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Alder Lake processors have already found their way to desktops and laptops. However, low TDP platforms have yet to be addressed. That should change soon though, as references to new low-power Alder Lake processors have been discovered in new Linux drivers.  According to the Linux driver of the SOF project …

With Elden Ring just over a week away, From Software has finally revealed the game's finalised PC system requirements. The minimum system requirements revealed last week were accurate, and now we have recommended PC system requirements to pair with it.  In an update to Elden Ring’s Steam Store page, the minimum …

Intel announced the Core i9-12900KS pre-binned chip a while ago, but official information about it is still scarce. While we wait for Intel to tell us more about the upcoming CPU, a retailer listing has been spotted, unveiling new details. Known leaker, @momomo_us, appears to have found a retail listing for …

Kolink has been expanding its roster of ARGB PC cases for some time now. For 2022, the company has two more for the line-up, the Kolink Observatory Z ARGB and the Observatory Z Mesh ARGB, featuring a 245mm wide design to fit even the largest of components. The latest additions …

Lost Ark just had its official release less than a week ago, and it's already breaking records. Peaking at over 1.32 million players, player demand is through the roof, forcing Amazon to roll out additional servers in Europe.  To reduce queue times to an acceptable level, Amazon Games and Smilegate, …

In what feels like a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, the Metaverse and NFTs sprung out of seemingly knowhere, with almost every major publisher offering an opinion on the concept – and many embracing it. The latest studio to do so is MiHoYo, the developers of Genshin Impact, though in their case they …

Nintendo recently announced that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – a now 5 year old remaster of an almost 8 year-old game – would be receiving multiple new waves of DLC content over the course of the next few years. While this DLC does cost money, most owners of the original …

Until Dawn was a surprise hit when it launched back in 2015. A business collaboration between Sony and developers Supermassive Games, Until Dawn released exclusively for the PS4. Despite its relative recency, new rumours are claiming that a full remake of the game is in the works. This ‘leak’ comes …

Following weeks of rumours and leaks, CD Projekt Red has announced that it will be hosting a live stream later today at 3pm. If you cannot wait that long, a small but significant new announcement has leaked with positive connotations. Ahead of CDPR’s stream later today, Reddit user ‘Blarzek’ stumbled …

Just a few days away from the release of the much-anticipated sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn, reviews for Horizon Forbidden West have now officially gone live, revealing that Guerilla Game’s follow-up to 2017’s open world action-adventure title does almost everything that one could want from a sequel. The review embargo …

For years the debate surrounding video game difficulty, creator’s intent and accessibility has been a hot topic. One thing that all can agree on however is the fact that accessibility options are never a bad thing. Developer Sloclap has now realised this, and as such will be adding new accessibility …

PlatinumGames has remained independent for years now, teaming up with several major publishers across the industry in order to release new games. While previously the company has been very keen on staying independent, it is now more open to joining a larger publisher as long as the right offer comes …

Apple isn't very good at keeping a secret and despite repeated internal attempts to stop leaks, information still seems to make its way out of the company's HQ freely. Currently, Apple is expected to hold a hardware-focused event in March, during which we could see three new Macs announced.  Apple …

One of the best features exclusive to the Xbox Series devices is the ability to use ‘Quick Resume’ which allows players to hotswap between two games without closing the previous title. While already an impressive feature, Microsoft has announced that it is making Quick Resume even more useful. As part …

Back in 2020, AMD announced plans to acquire Xilinx in an all-stock transaction. The deal finally obtained final approvals to go through last week and now, AMD has swiftly closed the deal, making Xilinx and official part of the company.  At the time of the acquisition announcement, the deal was worth …

In recent months, leaks have suggested that CD Projekt Red will announce the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of Cyberpunk 2077, and the next major patch, in mid-February. Now, the studio has confirmed this, announcing a stream taking place tomorrow.  In late January, new box-art leaked for the new …

The final five months of 2021 saw continued GPU price increases across Europe. In January, the tides started to turn, with prices for both AMD and Nvidia GPUs beginning to drop, and that trend has continued into February.

As Fortnite continues to crossover with more and more franchises, Epic Games has had to make a number of decisions regarding design choices while attempting to find a balance between offering skins that players actually want, and skins which are simply used for marketing. In the case of the Uncharted …

Currently, the RTX 3050 graphics cards use a GA106 GPU, but we may get a new variant soon. A new report claims that Nvidia is planning to swap out the GA106 with the GA107 GPU soon – the same die used for RTX 3050 mobile graphics.  Featuring 3840 CUDA cores, …

Intel has been quiet regarding its next generation of Xeon Scalable processors, but samples are beginning to float around. This week, one leaker got their hands on one of the upcoming processors and put it to the test in a range of benchmarks.  Chinese leaker, @yuuki_ans, ran the engineering sample …

We're just two weeks away from the Steam Deck launch, but Valve keeps surprising us with new things about its portable console. Recently, the game company made the CAD files of the Steam Deck publicly available, allowing anyone to create or 3D print the console's casing. The CAD files will …

Lost Ark continued to impress over its launch weekend. Last week, the game appeared on our radar after crossing 500,000 concurrent players on Steam during its early access launch. On Friday after servers opened up for F2P players, that record was broken, with over 980,000 concurrent players, but the game …

It has been just over a year since Rare's 007 GoldenEye remaster resurfaced online with fresh leaks and even a playable build. Now a year later, it looks like GoldenEye will be re-releasing, and it could be dropping within the next few weeks.  Rare originally began working on this remaster …

When AMD's CEO confirmed we would get Zen 4 processors later this year, most assumed they would arrive sometime in the fourth quarter. However, a new report suggests launches may come sooner than expected, with the first Ryzen Zen 4 desktop processors possibly debuting in Q3.  According to Greymon55, AMD …

Earlier this week, the early access launch for Lost Ark impressed us with its massive concurrent player numbers, peaking at over 500,000 active players. Last night, the game had its free to play launch, opening the game up to all players and as you might expect, player numbers jumped significantly, …

A good number of developers at Ubisoft have been just as confused as the rest of us by the publisher's recent push into the NFT market. Ubisoft recently attempted to change the minds of its employees by offering them a free NFT, but as you might expect, that didn't exactly do the trick, leading to another surge in complaints on Ubisoft's private company-wide feedback forum. 

Last night, Activision took the time to officially confirm a few recent leaks. Firstly, it is now confirmed that Infinity Ward is developing Modern Warfare 2 as this year's Call of Duty – a sequel to the 2019 Modern Warfare reboot, not to be confused with the original Modern Warfare …

Back in August, reports indicated that From Software's upcoming game, Elden Ring, would have pretty tame PC system requirements. At the time, the game was still six months away from release, so we warned that the requirements were likely to change and now this week, it appears the minimum system …

Lian Li's Digital Expo returns for 2022, with new prototypes and upcoming products to show. At the previous Digital Expo in 2021, we saw the Lancool III case, the V3000+ and the Uni Fan SL120 Infinity fans. For 2022, Lian Li has updates on these products, as well as new …

Minisforum is back with another mini PC, but this time around, there is a very interesting twist. The new Minisforum B550 system is an AMD-based mini PC, equipped with a Ryzen 5000 CPU or APU, as well as a docking station, so you can run an external GPU for additional …